① Please indicate clearly if samples have / have not been incubated prior to sending to the laboratory. If Lith Hep (green top) tube is used, please request as TBQ4 and ensure sample is received in the laboratory within 16 hours of sample taking.

Special instruction codes

Contact the laboratory for special sample tubes/containers/instructions.

2

Confirmation of not negative drug screens by GCMS may take up to 5 days.

3

Clinical history essential and protect from light.

4

Send to the laboratory without delay.

5

Do not send sample to the laboratory between Friday noon and Monday morning.

6

Contact the Referrals Department before taking and sending sample to the laboratory.

7

Sample should be separated and frozen if sending overnight.

8

DRP Form required. DRP Form can be found at the back of the guide.

9

Clinical history must be provided.

10

Contact the laboratory for special stability tubes for lymphocyte subsets - or take an EDTA sample and ensure same day delivery to the laboratory, Monday to Friday noon (do not send sample between Friday noon and Monday morning).

11

Patient consent required. Consent Form can be found at the back of the Medlab Laboratory Guide.

Homocysteine Should be spun and separated with 1 hour of venepuncture.

18

Citrate Samples Samples should be double spun and separated and frozen within 4-8 hours of sample taking, if a delay is expected with transportation to the laboratory, samples must be transported as frozen.

19

Must include patient’s age, height and weight.

20

Sample types: FCRU or PCR swab or TPV or Semen.

21

Urine cytology container, ideally first catch, mid-morning specimen.

22

Must be fresh.

23

For Fabry’s Syndrome

24

Anti-malarial drug.

25

Includes: potassium, magnesium, calcium, zinc, copper, selenium.

26

Tests for active metabolite 10-Hydroxycarbazepine.

27

Hereditary Neuropathy.

28

VDRL and VDRL/TPHA have now been replaced by Syphilis IgG/IgM.

29

Optional PAP Smear as additional test

30

Collect sample at end of exposure.

31

At end of shift.

32

Avoid seafood and fish for 2-3 days before collection.

33

Sample must be labelled by hand with first name, family name, gender and date of birth detailed on sample and form.

34

Samples must arrive in the laboratory on the same day of sample taking or contact the laboratory.

35

Patient should be fasting and resting for 30 mins before sample taking. Samples need handling urgently.